Article by Mr Alan Rosengarten, Mr Lawrence Baker, Ms Katherine Lake and Ms Joanne Draper.
Introduction
In August this year, the Victorian Government released its detailed Green Paper on water reform entitled Securing our Water Future – Green Paper for Discussion (Green Paper). The purpose of the Green Paper is to promote community discussion on how best to manage Victoria's water resources. Public submissions on the Green Paper are due by 30 November 2003. The Government will then use this input to establish priorities for the water industry and will communicate these priorities to the community through a white paper to be released in early 2004.
The Green Paper reveals a bold and widely scoped agenda for addressing the many challenges facing Victoria's water sector. The ultimate goal is sustainable management of the water resource. The Green Paper indicates that the objective will be pursued in the following arenas:
